Film review: The Nest

Films Reviews Wed, Sep 01, 2021

AFTER BEING held back for almost a year, The Nest, the second film from director Sean Durkin, is finally available to Irish audiences.

Galway made film Arracht optioned for Hollywood remake

Wed, Sep 01, 2021

FOLLOWING RAVE reviews, awards, and being selected as Ireland’s official entry for the 2021 Oscars, Galway made film Arracht has now been optioned for a Hollywood remake.

Gilgamesh - a short film, to premiere at Town Hall Theatre

Mon, Aug 30, 2021

GILGAMESH, THE story of the ancient hero-king from the Middle East, and brilliantly reimagined by Macnas, will be screened as a short film in the Town Hall Theatre next week.

Film review: The Bright Side

Films Reviews Wed, Aug 25, 2021

DIRECTED BY Ruth Meehan, and based on the book by Anne Gildea, I’ve Got Cancer, What’s Your Excuse?, The Bright Side is a new Irish comedy, although dramedy is a better word for it.

Classic films at Pálás Cinema’s Summer of Fun

Thu, Aug 19, 2021

The heatwave is long over, and the days are more overcast, and sometimes damp, but that is all the more reason to head to the cinema, especially to the Summer of Fun screenings continue at the Pálás.

Film Review: Boys from County Hell

Films Reviews Wed, Aug 18, 2021

WILLIAM AND Eugene are two Irish lads in their mid-twenties. They are feeling aimless, and spend their time drinking pints, playing ball, and ripping off tourists.

ON THE surface, Stillwater is one of those ‘ripped from the headlines’ films. Extremely loosely (and controversially) based on the Amanda Knox saga it has already met with a lot of criticism - including from Knox herself.

Little Cinema 48 hour challenge

Thu, Aug 05, 2021

The Little Cinema & Galway City of Film 48 Hour Challenge is celebrating its fifth iteration this year on the weekend of August 26-29.

Film review: Untold Secrets

Films Reviews Mon, Jul 26, 2021

IT HAS been a tremendously successful 2021 Galway Film Fleadh this year. Anecdotally I spoke to several people who had not attended the festival in the past, but did so this year due to the outdoor screenings - and all said they would be back next year.

NUIG lecturer’s feature film wins major award at Fleadh

Mon, Jul 26, 2021

FOSCADH, THE Irish language feature film, inspired by Donal Ryan's The Thing About December, won Best Irish First Feature at last night’s Galway Film Fleadh 2021 Awards.

NUIG academic nominated for debut feature film at Galway Film Fleadh

Thu, Jul 22, 2021

NUI GALWAY academic and filmmaker Seán Breathnach has been nominated for the prestigious Bingham Ray New Talent Award at the 33rd Galway Film Fleadh.

Film review: Here Before

Films Reviews Wed, Jul 21, 2021

THE RETURN of the Galway Film Fleadh took place on Tuesday, with the amazing weather coinciding with a massively ambitious outdoor/indoor programme.

Irish LGBT+ film gets world premiere at the Fleadh

Tue, Jul 20, 2021

WHO WE Love, a film about coming of age and coming out, and two friends navigating the troubled waters of school life and Dublin's LGBT+ scene, receives its world premiere at the 33rd Galway Film Fleadh.

Galway short film to be screened at international film festivals

Mon, Jul 19, 2021

POLITICS AS Usual, the debut short film by Galwayman Liam Kimball, will be screened at a variety of film festivals throughout 2021.

Film review: Another Round

Films Reviews Wed, Jul 14, 2021

THE PICK of the films that will be screened at the Pálás cinema, which re-opens on Friday July 16, is Another Round, the Danish film which won the 2021 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

Freaky - ‘clever in a brainless way’

Films Reviews Wed, Jul 07, 2021

I HAD planned on reviewing the latest Fast and Furious movie this week. While quite enjoyable, they are the same thing over and over again, so Instead I am going to talk about Freaky.

Outdoors, indoors, and online - Galway Film Fleadh 2021

Wed, Jul 07, 2021

The Galway Film Fleadh returns from Tuesday July 20 to Sunday 25, both in-person and online, and boasts a programme of 11 world premieres, 45 new films, and more than 100 shorts.

Pálás cinema to re-open on July 16

Mon, Jul 05, 2021

The Pálás cinema will re-open its doors on Friday July 16 with screenings of the Oscar winning Another Round, and limited screenings of Nomadland and Wolfwalkers.

Film review: The Father

Films Reviews Wed, Jun 30, 2021

The big shock at this year’s Oscars was Anthony Hopkins winning his second Academy Award for a little seen movie that did not even have a European release date, despite being a British production and all-British cast.